1. Music is Good for the Soul
By Zavia Willis
Music is Good for the Soul

2. Music Therapy
Is a clinically proven enhancer of health in the scientific medical world
It promotes rehabilitation, memory, social skills and much more
A quote from American Music Therapy Association “The mission of the American Music Therapy Association is to advance public awareness of the benefits of music therapy and increase access to quality music therapy services in a rapidly changing world.”

3. What Can It Improve Performance Academics
Emphasize on movement and dancing
Exercise
Relaxation
Increase positive social interaction
Concentration levels
Increase critical thinking
Increase available vocabulary at the ready
Increase creativity

4. What Can It Improve cont.
Health
Emotional state
Alleviate pain just like anesthesia
Reduce muscular pain
Reduce negative thoughts
Fear
Anger
Ect…
Increase memory skills
Change state of mood whether it is to calm or excite the individual patient
Reduce depression

5. What Can It Improve cont.
Singing
Blocking Out Noise
Again promoting activity of the patient
Music is not stiff practice like drawing blood where you have to be still
The patient is asked to move around freely unless otherwise advised by doctors when in music therapy
Sleep knock out
Certain songs from a patients childhood that they are fond of my help them elate to a safe space in their mind and relax better

6. Why Music Is Good
Music Therapy is not reserved for only one solitude age group

7. What It Takes To Qualify
A minimum of a Bachelors degree in music
Masters degree in Therapy
Several certificates ranging from the experience of the individual handed out by the NMTR or National Music Therapy Registry:
RMT: Registered Music Therapist
CMT: Certified Music Therapist
ACMT: Advanced Certified Music Therapist
Think of it being equivalent to the levels of nurses: trainee, assistant nurse, nurse in training, high level nurse and then branching out to specified titles of nurses

8. Why Genre Preference Differs For Individuals
There is no one dignified style of music that is more benefactory to patients over another. The music relies on the patients preference and to the MT who is performing.
Each patient is assessed for the their specific needs and looked into for which music genre is used in their treatment.
Base Factors
Whether they need to be calmed or energized
Religion
Tolerance for noise
Attention span
Whether music therapy would benefit the patient

9. The Distraction Versus Interaction Of Lyrics
If a person enjoys listening to that song and they have heard it enough times to know most of the words then it is a 50/50 neural fight for when the song randomly comes on whether the person becomes distracted by it or instantly knows its playing

10. Some Things To Look Out For
Can you listen to music while:
You’re doing concentration based work
Sleeping
Cleaning
Talking to someone
Emotional range happy to mad
Eating
Watching something else in the background

12. Work Cited
"American Music Therapy Association." American Music Therapy Association. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Nov Prikhnenko, Svetlana. Vector - Seamless Pattern with a Music Notes. N.d. Royal Free Stock Photos. Web. 8 Nov < with-a-music-notes.html>.